The University of Nottingham

Can living through genocide lead to personal growth?

Living through genocide has led to personal growth in some Rwandan women, according to research taking […]

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Tags: Aegis Trust, Department of French and Francophone Studies, genocide, post-traumatic growth, Rwanda

World’s largest respiratory genetics study launches on World COPD Day

Researchers from the Universities of Nottingham and Leicester are leading the largest ever study of the […]

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Tags: COPD, emphysema, lung disease, Medical Research Council, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, UK Biobank

New £3m centre to tackle age related illness

The Midlands is to be put at the heart of research into age related ill health […]

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Punched from the Screen – workplace cyber bullying becoming more widespread

Cyber bullying – using modern communications such as e-mails, texts or web-postings – is as common […]

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Tags: cyber bullying, Economic and Social Research Council, Festival of Social Science, Health and Organisations, Institute of Work, mental health and well being, office, school, university

Cuba one of the world’s most literary countries

Cubans enjoy one of the richest and most deeply embedded literary cultures in the world and […]

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Tags: books, Cuba, Langiages and Area Studies, literary, School of Cultures

Risk factors predict childhood obesity, researchers find

High birth weight, rapid weight gain and having an overweight mother who smokes can all increase […]

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Tags: adult obesity, baby, breastfeeding, childhood obesity, feeding, Institute of Mental Health, Midwifery and Physiotherapy, mother, NHS Nottinghamshire County PCT, overweight, School of Biosciences, School of Nursing, smoking

MRI research sheds new light on nerve fibres in the brain

World-leading experts in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in Sir Peter Mansfield Magnetic Resonance Centre have made a […]

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Tags: brain, MRI, myelin, PNAS, School of Physics and Astronomy, Sir Peter Mansfield Magnetic Resonance Centre

University research reveals smokers take 2.7 extra sick days per year

Smokers are costing the UK economy £1.4 billion by taking an average of two or three […]

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Tags: absenteeism, cigarettes, Dr Jo Leonardi-Bee, health, sick days, smokers, smoking, Stephen Weng, The University of Nottingham, UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies